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Full Text of SB2165  93rd General Assembly

SB2165enr 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
SB2165 Enrolled LRB093 15639 RLC 41247 b

1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
5 Section 24-10 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/24-10 new)
7     Sec. 24-10. Municipal ordinance regulating firearms;
8 affirmative defense to a violation. It is an affirmative
9 defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that prohibits,
10 regulates, or restricts the private ownership of firearms if
11 the individual who is charged with the violation used the
12 firearm in an act of self-defense or defense of another as
13 defined in Sections 7-1 and 7-2 of this Code when on his or her
14 land or in his or her abode or fixed place of business.
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.